It’s not a permanent solution for the failed Linden Meadows development, but some help is on the way for the subdivision’s three homeowners. During a Tuesday meeting, the New Albany Redevelopment Commission approved allowing its emergency repair agency — New Directions Housing Corp. — to spend up to $5,000 on infrastructure repairs at the three houses. Full Story »
A man accused of preying on elderly women was arrested in Ohio more than a year after charges were filed against him in Clark County for home improvement fraud. Full Story »
Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services is offering a way for individuals to safely dispose of expired and unused medication through its drive-thru medication toss, from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Green Valley Road entrance to the hospital (veer left to proceed to the entrance with the big awning). Full Story »
Sewer director Len Ashack told Clark Superior Court No. 1 about the changes that have taken place since the city of Jeffersonville took over control of its wastewater treatment plant last year. Full Story »
A Jeffersonville man was arrested Monday evening for allegedly dealing cocaine in the east end of New Albany. Full Story »
The charges keep piling up against Robert Matthew Nolan, the 39-year-old former chiropractor accused of inappropriately touching four patients and raping a teenage girl. Full Story »
With global warming and the environment in the forefront this week, Rep. Baron Hill again warned that if Congress doesn’t act on cap-and-trade legislation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will. Full Story »
Opening statements start today in the trial against Mark Yarmey, a Floyd County teacher accused of sodomy with an 11-year-old girl in Louisville. Full Story »
The Jeffersonville High School band will perform its winter concert tonight at 7:30 in the auditorium, 2315 Allison Lane. Full Story »
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This list is intended only as a basic list of names and information to provide an early alert to friends and well wishers. Full Story »
A high-wind watch is in effect from late tonight through Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Full Story »
Two firefighters were briefly hospitalized after a chimney collapsed during a fire at 222 W. Park Place in Jeffersonville on Monday. Full Story »
Dispatchers said that two lanes of State Street were blocked early Tuesday afternoon when a truck hit the overpass of Interstate 265 at State Street. No injuries were reported. Full Story »
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana's Sellersburg campus will be closed until 5 p.m. today (Tuesday) following a water main break. Classes will resume at 6 p.m. Full Story »
The Jeffersonville Fire Department is investigating what caused a fire at a two-story house at 222 W. Park Place on Monday night.Carolyn Harvill said she was at home when she heard the fire alarm. She said she noticed a small fire and called 911.“I was trying to put it out, and they kept telling me to just leave the house,” Harvill said. Full Story »
The Jeffersonville City Council gave preliminary approval to ordinances designed to regulate sign postings, sidewalk obstructions and advertising benches.The new regulations — broken out into nine separate ordinances at the request of the council — were unanimously approved.Attorney Larry Wilder, who presented the ordinances during a Monday night meeting, said he believes the bench ... Full Story »
The Clarksville Town Council approved a new contract Monday night with McCulloch Volunteer Firefighters Association, a group that has worked with the town since 1990. Full Story »
Gary Brinkworth, stormwater board vice chairman, said the $300,000 would go toward installing a detention pond in the Castlewood Drive area. The project — estimated to cost $320,000 — would improve drainage from Klerner Lane to Castlewood Drive, Brinkworth said. Full Story »
The town of Sellersburg attempted to put a stop to Covered Bridge’s effort to incorporate Monday until after the full action for its annexation attempt of the area has run its course.In order to put a halt to the incorporation effort — which likely will be voted on by the Clark County Commissioners at a special meeting Wednesday — a complaint for declaratory relief and a preliminary injunction ... Full Story »
A Clarksville man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and three years of probation for an armed robbery in October 2008.Jeremy Pieratt, 27, pleaded guilty to class C felony robbery and carrying a handgun without a license, a class A misdemeanor. His sentence was part of the plea agreement filed in Clark County Superior Court No. 1. Full Story »
Willa Gillispie, a Jeffersonville woman who recently became a vendor for Silpada Jewelry, was thinking about Black Friday crowds and how many men spend the day avoiding stores. So, she decided to come up with a shopping day for men. She calls it Black Monday.“Men usually don’t like to shop, so we thought we would put everything in one place and make it easy for them,” Gillispie said. Full Story »
The Jeffersonville Plaza Bingo Hall, 1710 E. 10th St., will host country singer John Berry in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, with proceeds benefiting the Fraternal Order of Police’s Shop with a Cop program. Full Story »
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Jeffersonville Fire Department firefighters and Jeffersonville Police Department officers are responding to a house fire on the 200 block of West Park Place. The structure on fire is a two-story home, according to reports from the scene. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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